Soft landing

Here are some photos of the accomplished blanket. I struggled to find the right angle and enough light for the photos. In the end I decided to post the photos that I have just like they are, because if not this post would not have been written in yet another week. The backside of the blanket (no photo I'm afraid) is an old flannel sheet I bought in one of Oslo’s second hand markets this spring. I found three pink flannel sheets in mint condition – I love a good thrift.

i can see clearly again

Thank you so much for the support, the encouraging words and the good advices you have given me over the last week! Reading your comments was just like having you here with me in our living room. I could here tea cups being put back on the table, coffee zips being taken and cookies being eaten, while all of you contributed with your insights and your two cents. I had so much fun reading your comments because I love good company and I love to learn new things.

Some of your advices were things I hadn’t thought of, other advices confirmed my own thoughts, and yet others made me see more clearly why and why not. Like for instance Rani’s comment about blue and brown fabrics competing. When I read her comment I had actually already separated all the fabric squares into two different bundles and without knowing why separated the blue and the browns. It wasn’t because I knew they were competing it was just gut feeling. Rani’s comment however made it clear to me why, and I feel I learned something. Yaaayy! From now on there will be no more competing colours…or at least less competing.

Thanks to you my quilt work has taken a whole new direction. There will be two quilts instead of one. Brown and blue fabrics have been separated into two different quilts (although the second quilt will not be begun in quite some time). There will be more white, and some embroidery or cross stitch, we will se which of the two. Right now I have finnished the center piece with the colourful patches. Next is to decide what I will do on the sides. The tingle is back. I feel I’m working in one direction, with a goal, I can see clearly again. I can breathe calmly. Thank you!

Babyteppe nummer 2 - Baby quilt number 2

Jeg er endelig ferdig med mitt andre quiltede babyteppe. Jeg glemte å ta bilder av det ferdige teppet før jeg ga det bort så dere må klare dere med disse ”underveis” bildene. Det virker som om alle rundt meg skal ha barn så jeg har allerede begynt å planlegge teppe nummer tre.

I finally finished my second baby quilt! I actually forgot to take a photo of it before I gave it away so you’ll have to manage with these “in progress” photos. It seems everyone around me is having a baby so I have already begun planning a third quilt.

Por fin he terminado mi segunda manta de bebé. Olvidé sacar fotos de la manta terminada antes de regalarla, así que teneis que conformaros con estas fotos tomadas durante el proceso. Parece que todo el mundo a mi alrededor va tener un bebé, así que ya he empezado a planear una tercera manta.

sakte - slow

Jeg har innsett at jeg er en treg håndarbeider. Jeg blir like imponert hver gang jeg ser at andre slik som Kajsa, Mette og Tanya syr sammen både en, to og tre prosjekt i løpet av en helg. Dette babyteppet begynte jeg på for fire måneder siden, og det burde ha vært ferdig for lenge siden. Heldigvis jobber jeg nå med de siste detaljene… bare et lite korsstingmotiv igjen så er jeg ferdig.

I have come to the realisation that I am a slow crafter. I become so impressed every time I see fellow crafters like Kajsa, Mette or Tanya who whip up one, to or even three things during a week end. This baby quilt I started four months ago and it should have been finished long time ago. The good thing is that I am working on the last details… one more cross stitch detail to go.

Feriesting - Vacation stitching

Som dere sikkert har skjønt fikk jeg ikke gjort så mye håndarbeid mens jeg var på ferie. Jeg hadde med meg flere prosjekt som jeg planla å gjøre ferdig, men isteden begynte jeg på et helt nytt prosjekt påvirket av en plutselig ide jeg fikk da vi var i Girona. Oppe på soverommet som kjæresten min og jeg skulle sove i var det plassert et glass og en vannflaske på en papirserviett. Jeg syntes det var en kjempekoselig detalj av vår vert, og det ga meg ideen om å lage en vannflaske- og glassbrikke. Jeg hadde ikke symaskinen min for hånden (naturlig nok) så brikken er hundre prosent håndlaget. Den var så gøy å lage at så snart møblene våre er på plass i den nye leiligheten, og jeg har et bord til symaskinen skal jeg sy mange flere av disse.

As you might have figured out I didn’t get to do much crafting while on vacation. I had brought with me several projects that I planned to finish, but instead I began a whole new project inspired by an idea I got while in Girona. In the bedroom that my boyfriend and I were going to sleep in, our hosts had put a glass and a bottle of water on a paper napkin. I thought this was such a touching detail and it gave me the idea to make a water bottle and glass coaster. I didn’t’ have my sewing machine at hand (of course) so the coaster is 100% handmade. It was so much fun making it so as soon as we get our furniture to the new apartment, and I have a table to set the sewing machine on I will make a lot more of these.

Godt å være hjemme - Good to be home

I am home for the weekend. After ten days away from my man, it is good to be home.


Imagine my excitement when I found out that I had two packages waiting for me in the post office! One was with books I have ordered from Yes Asia. I finally received the Idées book number 5. This series is my absolute favourite among the Japanese craft books. I find them so inspiring and I never get tired of them no matter how many times I watch through them. I´ve posted some other craft books I have too.

The slippers book has different types of basic patterns. The details are up to each and everyone.

The second package was with fabrics from eBay. A nice stash of wonderful fairy tale fabric! I have thousands of projects in my head and on my “as soon as I get the time I will do”-list. Some of this fabric will be used for a fairy tale quilt that I want to make for my future children. I have this idea about reading books to them while we lay either under or on top of the quilt. I hope they will grow to enjoy books as much as I did when I was a little girl.

I love this little red riding hood fabric on dotted backround.

A work sketch for the fairy tale quilt

1000 ideér

This is my newest and smallest project at the moment. Perfect to bring along on any trip since I know the pattern by heart. As long as I have a good book or some craft project between my hands airplanes, trains and buses can be as late as they want. I can wait.

This is the beginning of a project that will take time to finnsih. It is a scarf and the design is by Franck Sorbier, one of my favourite designers. I can't wait to see it finnished and try it on with a black dress beige linnen top.

This quilt is for my dear friend Raquel. We have known eachother for ten years now (time flies). She has just become a mom, incredible!

Jeg har tusen prosjekt på gang inne i hodet mitt. Utenfor hodet mitt har jeg tre prosjekt i tillegg til strikketøyet (med andre ord fire prosjekt totalt). Det er flere grunner til at jeg sjeldent klarer å jobbe med kun en ting om gangen. For det første er det en del prosjekt som ikke klarer å la være å begynne med. Men også fordi noen prosjekt er jeg avhengig av å ha en symaskin i nærheten eller at de er vanskelige å ta med seg ut på tur. Siden jeg reiser så mye er det alltid greit å ha et arbeid som er enkelt å ta med seg rundt omkring. Spesielt når det er forsinkelser på flyplassen. Jeg laster opp bilder etter hvert som jeg kommer videre på prosjektene.

I have a thousand of craft projects inside my head. Outside my head I have three in addition to my knitting project (in other words, four projects in total). My lacking capacity for working on one project at a time can be explained in several ways. First, there are some craft projects that I simply cannot wait to begin with, it tingles too much when I think about them. Second, some projects are dependent on me having access to a sewing machine, or they are difficult to bring along for other reasons. Since I travel a bit in relation with my work it is always nice to have a project with me that I easy to bring along. Especially when there are delays at the airport. I’l post new pictures as I advance with the projects.